Representatives of Mississippi State University, the State of Mississippi and Nissan Motor Co. will join local government officials Thursday [Dec. 4] to formally open a new 45,000-square-foot automotive research facility near the university campus in Starkville.
The Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, established through a partnership between MSU and the Mississippi Development Authority, is located in the Mississippi Research and Technology Park, which is north of the main campus across Highway 82.
Tours and informational overviews of the facility begin at 1 p.m., followed by a ribbon-cutting at 4 p.m. in the lobby and a 4:15 opening ceremony in the downstairs south bay area.
The center is home to a cross-disciplinary team of MSU engineers conducting leading-edge research in areas that include computational systems, automotive structures and enterprise production systems. Improving the production and efficiency of automotive manufacturing and systems--and transferring those technologies to a variety of other Mississippi industries--are the center's primary missions.
A separate CAVS engineering extension facility will be dedicated Dec. 15 at Nissan's new vehicle production plant near Canton.
Specific events at the Dec. 4 Starkville event and their locations include:
--1-1:30 p.m., center overview, CAVS Seminar Room.
--1:30-3:30 p.m., presentations, repeated every 30 minutes, on:
* computational manufacturing and design, Materials Laboratory;
* human systems and engineering, Human Factors Laboratory;
* alternative power, Alternative Power Laboratory; and
* extension and training, classroom.
--3-3:45 p.m., CAVS overview, seminar room.
--4 p.m., ribbon cutting in the lobby, followed 15 minutes later by the formal opening ceremony in south bay area.
For more information, telephone Maridith Geuder at (662) 325-3442.
